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RESTORED.
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BO:
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SHE'S A CANCER SURVIVOR AND
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TRANSPLANT RECIPIENT, BUT LOST
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HER SUPPLEMENTAL
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SECURITY INCOME ELIGIBILITY
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LAST
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YEAR.
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WITH NO WHERE TO TURN, SHE
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CALLED WATE, 6 ON YOUR SIDE
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CONSUMER
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REPORTER DON DARE.
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DON:
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WHEN WE FIRST TALKED, THERE WAS
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NO POWER OR WATER AT HER HOUSE
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LAST MONTY, BUT
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RECENTLY SHE RECEIVED SOME LOCAL
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ASSISTANCE.
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SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY INCOME, OR
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SSI, PAYS BENEFITS TO
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DISABLED ADULTS AND CHILDREN
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WHO
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HAVE LIMITED INCOME. TO RECEIVE
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SSI, GENERALLY YOU
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NEED THE HELP OF A DOCTOR AND AN
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ATTORNEY TO PROVE YOU'RE
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CASE.
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ONCE YOU BEGIN RECEIVING
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PAYMENTS, YOUR CASE IS RE-
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DETERMINED ABOUT EVERY 6 YEARS.
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IT TOOK SEVERAL YEARS FOR
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MELISSA GRUBB TO GET HER
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BENEFITS, THEN
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TWELVE MONTHS AGO, SHE LOST
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THEM.
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DARE: THERE'S NO POWER IN HERE.
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MELISSA GRUBB: NO.< IT WAS NOT
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ONLY DARK IN MELISSA GRUBB'S
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HOME, SHE
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DEPENDS ON BOTTLED WATER.
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BECAUSE AT THE TAP, WATER WAS
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TURNED OFF MONTHS AGO,
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SO WAS THE POWER. SHE COULDN'T
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PAY EITHER BILL SINCE SHE NO
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LONGER RECEIVES HER ONLY SOURCE
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OF
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INCOME, SSI PAYMENTS.
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MS GRUBB, A KIDNEY TRANSPLANT
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RECIPIENT AND
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CANCER SURVIVOR, OWNS HER
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TRAILER.
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<MELISSA GRUBB: IT IS MISERABLE
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AT NIGHT,
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MISERABLE, I CAN'T HARDLY SLEEP
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CAN'T HARDLY DO
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NOTHING.
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THIS NEWSPAPER ARTICLE FROM 1998
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HERALDED THE "GIFT OF LIFE"
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MELISSA HAD RECEIVED FROM HER
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FORMER HUSBAND WHO DONATED HIS
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KIDNEY TO HER.
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MELISSA GRUBB: I HAVE REAL BAD
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INFECTIONS BECAUSE MY
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IMMUNE SYSTEM EVER SINCE I HAD
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MY ORGAN TRANSPLANT, I
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CATCH ANY KIND OF COMMON COLD,
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AND KIND OF INFECTION.
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AT THE TIME OF THIS INTERVIEW
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LAST MONTH, IT HAD BEEN ONE YEAR
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SINCE MELLISSA LAST RECEIVED HER
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SSI CHECK, SUPPLEMENTAL
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SECURITY INCOME.
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BEGINNING SEPTEMBER 1ST OF
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LAST YEAR, HER MONTHLY 735-
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DOLLAR DISABILITY CHECK WAS CUT
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OFF, ACCORDING TO THIS LETTER
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FROM
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SOCIAL SECURITY.
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MELISSA: THEY STOPPED MY CHECK.
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DARE: WHY? MELISSA:
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THEY DIDN'T NEVER TELL ME WHY.
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MELISSA SAID SHE DOESN'T
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UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS. AS A
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RESULT, SHE APPEARED BEFORE A
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SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATIVE
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JUDGE EARLY LAST YEAR WITH NO
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ATTORNEY OR DOCTOR TO
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REPRESENT HER.
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ACCORDING TO THIS JULY 2017
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REPORT, THE REVIEW OF HER
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DISABILITY FOUND THAT SHE WAS
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ABLE
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TO WORK, TO HOLD A SIGNIFICANT
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NUMBER OF JOBS, IT SAID.
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THE REVIEW SAID MS GRUBB'S
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IMPAIRMENTS OF A POST-KIDNEY
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TRANSPLANT, HISTORY OF MALIGNANT
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MELANOMA, AND
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MILD INTELLECTUAL LIMITATIONS
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DID
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NOT PREVENT HER FROM PERFORMING
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LIGHT WORK.
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MELISSA: AND I FALL, I USUALLY
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SOMETIMES HAVE TO WALK
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WITH A CANE. I HAVE HAD TO USE A
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WALKER BEFORE.
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MELISSA SAYS IF SOMEONE HIRED
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HER, MOST OF THE TIME SHE'D
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BEING
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CALLING IN SICK, UNABLE TO WORK.
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IT WAS RIGHT HERE
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NEARLY YEAR AGO, NINA ROUSE
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WHOSE ESOPHAGUS AND PART OF HER
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COLON WERE REMOVED TOLD US
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A SIMILAR STORY.
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NINA ROUSE: THEY CUT IN HERE, I
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THINK TO TAKE A PART OF THE
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ESOPHAGUS AND THEY HAD TO CUT
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INTO MY BACK AS WELL.
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NINA SHOWED US A BOOK FILLED
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WITH
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HER MEDICAL DOCUMENTS DESCRIBING
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HER ILLNESS AND LIMITATIONS.
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AFTER NEARLY FIVE YEARS OF
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HEARINGS AND DOCTOR VISITS,
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SOCIAL SECURITY GRANTED HER
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TOTAL DISABILITY IN 2013. BUT
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FOLLOWING A ROUTINE REVIEW IN
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AUGUST OF LAST YEAR, HER
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BENEFITS WERE CUT, SOCIAL
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SECURITY SAYING SHE WAS ABLE TO
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WORK.
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THEN AFTER A REVIEW OF HER
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APPEAL, SOCIAL SECURITY DECIDED
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SHE WAS DISABLED AND HER
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BENEFITS
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WERE RESTORED.
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DARE: WHAT DID THEY TELL YOU AT
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SOCIAL SECURITY? MELISSA:
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TOLD ME I HAD TO RE-FILE AGAIN.
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MELISSA HAS RETURNED TO
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SOCIAL SECURITY SEVERAL TIMES
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REQUESTING THAT HER CASE BE
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RECONSIDERED.
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SHE SAID SHE'S BEEN TOLD
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ANOTHER HEARING WILL BE NEEDED
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TO
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SUPPORT HER DISABILITY CLAIM.
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BUT ODDLY THIS LETTER FROM
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SOCIAL SECURITY IN TWO MONTHS
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AGO
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SAYS SHE'S "ENTITLED TO MONTHLY
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PAYMENTS AS A DISABLED
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INDIVIDUAL."
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MELISSA: NOW IT'S MISERABLE I
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DON'T EVEN WANT TO BE HERE.
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THIS IS MY HOME. THIS IS NOT THE
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WAY I SHOULD HAVE TO
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FEEL.
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SINCE FIRST TALKING WITH
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MELISSA LAST MONTH, SHE HAS
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SINCE RECEIVED AN ENERGY
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ASSISTANCE ALLOWANCE FROM CAC.
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HOWEVER, SHE'S NOT TURNED
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ON HER AIR CONDITIONING UNIT.
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DARE: YOU HAVE YOUR POWER BACK
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ON. MELISSA: YES. DARE:
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BUT YOU WHY HAVE THE FAN?
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MELISSA: I DON'T WANT TO RUN
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MY BILL BACK UP WHERE I'M NOT
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ABLE TO PAY IT.
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THERE'S STILL NO WATER IN THE
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HOME, BUT WITH FOOD STAMPS,
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SHE'S ABLE TO KEEP A SMALL STOCK
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OF
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STAPLES IN HER PANTRY. MELISSA:
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WITHOUT BENEFITS I'M REALLY JUST
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STRUGGLING. I'M
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TRYING TO DO WHAT I CAN, BUT MY
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LEG HAS BEEN SWELLING UP.
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MELISSA SAYS PHYSICALLY SHE
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HURTS AND EMOTIONALLY SHE'S
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A WRECK.
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MELISSA: I'M FIGHTING FOR MY
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LIFE THERE IS NO OTHER WAY
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OF SAYING IT SIR. I FEEL LIKE I
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WAS REALLY DONE WRONG. IT'S BEEN
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BEEN ONE YEAR SINCE
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HER LAST SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY
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CHECK ARRIVED.
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DON:
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WE CONTACTED SOCIAL SECURITY
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LAST MONTH AND WERE TOLD THEY'RE
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"INVESTIGATING THE
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CASE."
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MELISSA SAYS SHE'S UNSURE HOW
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TO NAVIGATE THE COMPLICATED
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SYSTEM OF RE- FILING FOR
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BENEFITS.
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SHE WAS TOLD IT'S BEST FOR HER
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TO HIRE AN ATTORNEY, SOMEONE WHO
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KNOWS THE SYSTEM. RIGHT NOW,
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HOWEVER, SHE
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CAN'T AFFORD THAT.
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KRISTIN AND BO
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WHILE MELISSA'S CASE IS SIMILAR
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TO
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THE ONE WE REPORTED EARLIER THIS
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YEAR -- NINA ROUSE, NINA HAD A
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SUPPORT SYSTEM,
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MELISSA DOES NOT.
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BO:
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IF YOU HAVE A CONSUMER QUESTION
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FOR DON -- SEND HIM AN EMAIL AT
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D-DARE AT W-A-T-E DOT COM,
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OR CALL HIS SIX ON YOUR SIDE
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HOTLINE
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NUMBER AT 865- 633-5974.
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KRISTIN:
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